Wins : 1953 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1953 Wins Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bob Porterfield 22 Washington Senators 1
Bob Lemon 21 Cleveland Indians 2
Mel Parnell 21 Boston Red Sox  
Virgil Trucks 20 St. Louis Browns 4
Chicago White Sox  
Whitey Ford 18 New York Yankees 5
Mike Garcia 18 Cleveland Indians  
Mickey McDermott 18 Boston Red Sox  
Billy Pierce 18 Chicago White Sox  
Early Wynn 17 Cleveland Indians 9
Ed Lopat 16 New York Yankees 10
Johnny Sain 14 New York Yankees 11
Vic Raschi 13 New York Yankees 12
Allie Reynolds 13 New York Yankees  
Spec Shea 12 Washington Senators 14
Hal Brown 11 Boston Red Sox 15
Harry Byrd 11 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ned Garver 11 Detroit Tigers  
Alex Kellner 11 Philadelphia Athletics  
Chuck Stobbs 11 Washington Senators  
Harry Dorish 10 Chicago White Sox 20
Bob Feller 10 Cleveland Indians  
Ted Gray 10 Detroit Tigers  
Ellis Kinder 10 Boston Red Sox  
Morrie Martin 10 Philadelphia Athletics  
Walt Masterson 10 Washington Senators  



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.